A life sentence handed down to convicted armed robber Christy Griffin for raping and sexually abusing a young girl has been overturned on appeal.

A man who was caught transporting cannabis valued at almost €500,000 after a garda spotted him driving without a seatbelt and talking on his mobile phone has been jailed for six years.

The Court of Criminal Appeal adjourned its decision today on a bid by a Dublin criminal to take his case to the Supreme Court on a “point of exceptional public importance”.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a Dublin man against his conviction and life sentence for the rape of his then partner's teenage daughter.

A convicted armed robber who raped his partner’s teenage daughter after she returned home from "The Vatican" disco in Dublin has been jailed for life by Mr Justice Paul Carney.